Wedding movies are not at their apex; Father of the Bride, Four Weddings and a Funeral and My Best Friend’s Wedding are named from the 1990s, with The Godfather’s opening wedding also credited.
Bill Irwin is proposed but immediately challenged.
2008 is called a rough year for people named Rachel, citing this film and the Tiger Woods scandal; Jennifer Aniston’s Rachel and Connecticut weddings are also floated.
During the winner discussion DeWitt is also called this film’s Apex Mountain.
Rosemarie DeWitt is praised and her lack of a supporting-actress nomination lamented.
The 2008 supporting-actress nominees are recalled; asked whom to drop for DeWitt, one host cuts Amy Adams, likened to Alex Smith.
The strange, memorable live music is praised.
A speech that says the movie’s title is enjoyed.
The trumpet player’s rehearsal-dinner shout-out to Ethan drains the life from Hathaway’s face.
Sidney’s Neil Young song at the wedding is praised for his beautiful voice, with jokes that he should be in a band.
Debra Winger is chosen, with research on roles she turned down or lost: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Fatal Attraction, Broadcast News, Peggy Sue Got Married, A League of Their Own, and Romancing the Stone after a reported biting incident.
Winger’s career is discussed: Urban Cowboy’s overwhelming screen presence, An Officer and a Gentleman and Terms of Endearment making her the biggest young actress.
Her reputation for on-set conflict is reviewed, including reported clashes with co-stars on An Officer and a Gentleman and Terms of Endearment and with the Wonder Woman star.
An alternative career path imagines her aging into Diane Keaton parts as a Nancy Meyers muse; she stepped away from Hollywood in the late 1990s.
She is felt in every second despite appearing in only about four scenes.
